what is it jericho what you got what is it
and again of course jericho's gonna want to jump inside and inspect
cats love boxes that's just the way it is so here's our brand new scratching post all set up
hey friends it's jess and jericho and we're going to show you how to put together this scratching
post and how to get your cat to use it so the first tip that i have for you for setting up your
post to get your cat to scratch on it put it next to your cat's current scratching post so this is
jericho's current scratching post you can see it's been through better days i used one of these rugs
as the the scratching area but it's all scratched up to shreds so i bought this new one this is
sisal fabric and i just set it up so i'm going to set it up next to his current scratcher that
way he associates it with his current scratcher if this is the first scratcher that you've ever
purchased just put it in an area that's away from the wall and just kind of safe and and open for
your cat like over here i have jericho's activity rugs and his toys it's a good distance away from
the wall it's open easy accessible that way you're kind of inviting your cat to use it and helping
him realize that it's part of his stuff and his territory the next tip i have for getting your cat
to use the scratcher is to tease toys on the scratcher this will get your cat motivated to play
okay
well that works right away huh jericho
just kind of tease the toy up and down or you can tease it
around the scratcher the third tip that i have for you to get your cat to scratch you can use some
catnip powder and if your cat doesn't like catnip you can try silver vine jericho loves silver vine
as you can see a lot of more cat cats prefer silver vine compared to catnip jericho loves it
so you can just take a little bit and kind of sprinkle it on the post
he's like give me the whole thing oh he's trying to rub on the can come over here
look over jericho
he's putting his whole face in it so i put a little dash right there look jericho
right here he's rubbing on the floor there we go
so that'll help your cat associate the scratcher with a positive experience get him rubbing and
then get him in the playful mood and then he'll start scratching plus rubbing on the scratching
post like this he's releasing his scent glands his scents through his glands on his face so that's
kind of what cats do to mark their territory like when they rub on you they're trying to put their
scent on you so that they remember you and they do that with their stuff and
their cat scratchers so that's good to help him associate the scratcher as something that's his
his territory right jericho oh there you go he loves it
the next thing that you could do to get your cat to scratch is just kind of scratch on it yourself
jericho's gonna be preoccupied but this might help jericho's pretty easy going when it comes to cat
stuff he's very smart because i play with him a lot so he recognizes cat stuff as his
but you need to teach your cat how to use this stuff because we know
what it is but they might not thanks for watching